PM reviews Covid related initiatives by the Indian Navy
- Naval Hospitals being opened for use of civilians in various cities
- Navy is boosting oxygen availability in Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar islands.
- Navy transporting Oxygen Containers as well as other supplies from abroad to India
- Medical personnel in the Navy have been redeployed at various locations in the country to manage Covid duties
He briefed the PM about various initiatives being taken by the Indian Navy to assist the countrymen in the pandemic. He informed the PM that the Indian Navy has reached out to all state administrations and have offered help in terms of hospital beds, transportation and other such things. He apprised the PM about Naval hospitals being opened for use of civilians in various cities.
He also informed the PM that medical personnel in the Navy have been redeployed at various locations in the country to manage Covid duties. Naval Personnel as being provided Battle Field Nursing Assistant Training to be deployed in Covid duties.
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh briefed the PM that the Navy is helping increase oxygen availability in Lakshadweep as well as Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
He also apprised PM that the Indian Navy is transporting Oxygen Containers as well as other supplies from Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait & Singapore to India.
